صخرة

See also: صخره

Arabic

Root
ص خ ر (ṣ-ḵ-r)

Etymology

Singulative of the collective noun صَخْر (ṣaḵr, rocks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤax.ra/

Noun

صَخْرَة • (ṣaḵra) f (singulative, collective صَخْر m (ṣaḵr), plural صَخَرَات (ṣaḵarāt))

  1. boulder, rock
    • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbī, -:
      أَصَخْرَةٌ أَنَا مَا لِي لَا تُحَرِّكُنِي / هَٰذِي الْمُدَامُ وَلَا هٰذِي الْأَغَارِيدُ
      ʔa-ṣaḵratun ʔanā mā lī lā tuḥarrikunī / hāḏī l-mudāmu walā hāḏī l-ʔaḡārīdu
      Am I a rock? What is it with me, that I am not stirred by this liquor and these songs?
      Translated by Arthur John Arberry.

Declension

Derived terms

  • صَخْر (ṣaḵr)
  • صَخْرِيّ (ṣaḵriyy)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: səxrə
  • Ottoman Turkish: صخره (sahre)
  • Persian: صخره (saxre)
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